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Aṣṭottaraśata, circa 1700-1850.
अष्टोत्तरशत

Kislak Center for Special Collections - Manuscripts Ms. Coll. 390 Item 2769
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Format:
Manuscript
Contributor:
Bāladīkṣīta, scribe.
Language:
Sanskrit
Subjects (All):
Śiva (Hindu deity).
Śiva (Hindu deity).
Devotional literature, Sanskrit.
Hindu hymns, Sanskrit.
Genre:
hymns
prayers (compositions)
Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Manuscripts.
Physical Description:
1 item (2 leaves) : paper ; 8 x 17 cm
Contained In:
Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 2769
Place of Publication:
circa 1700-1850.
१७००-१८५०.
Language Note:
In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
Summary:
Work of praise in honor of Śiva, for recitation and prayer, featuring 108 names of the deity.
Notes:
Title from colophon (f. 2v).
Written in 7 lines per leaf.
2 leaves foliated 1-2, upper left and lower right verso.
Scribe is Bāladīkṣīta (f. 2v).
Colophon: iti aṣṭottaraśataṃ japet // iti samāptam // śubhaṃ bhabatu // (f. 2v).
Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins.
Cited in:
Listed in H.I. Poleman, Census of Indic Manuscripts in the United States and Canada (New Haven, Conn.: American Oriental Society, 1938), Poleman 1832 (UP 2769).
Cited as:
UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 2769.
OCLC:
974910860

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